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Association
of Medical Research Charities
61
Gray’s Inn Road
London
WC1X 8TL
Tel:
0207 269 8820
Fax:
0207 269 8821
Email:
info@amrc.org.uk
Website:
www.amrc.org.uk
The
Association of Medical Research Charities
(AMRC) works to advance medical research
in the UK and, in particular, aims to improve
the effectiveness of the charitable sector
in medical reserach. There are over
100 member charities within the Association:
In 2002/2003 their combined expenditure
on biomedical research in the UK was over
£660 million. AMRC provides information,
advice and guidance to medical research
charities and information and data on the
activities of the charity sector in medical
research to government, the media and decision
formers, as well as the general public.
Healthcare
Commission
Finsbury
Tower
103-105
Bunhill Row
London
EC1Y 8TG
Tel:
0207 448 9200
Fax:
0207 448 9222
Website:
www.healthcarecommission.org.uk
The
Healthcare Commission promotes improvement
in the quality of the NHS and independent
healthcare and has a statutory duty to assess
the performance of healthcare organisations,
award annual performance ratings for the
NHS and coordinate reviews of healthcare
by others.
Health
& Safety Executive
St
Dunstan’s House
201-211
Borough High Street
London
SE1 1GZ
Tel:
0207 556 2100
Fax:
0207 556 2200
Website:
www.hse.gov.uk/hsehome.htm
National
Library for Health (NLH)
Skin
Conditions Specialist Library
Centre
of Evidence Based Dermatology
University
of Nottingham
Ward
C51, Queen's Medical Centre
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
Contact:
Dr Douglas Grindlay, Information Specialist
Tel:
0115 924 9924 ext. 36412
Fax:
0115 970 9003
Email:
douglas.grindlay@nottingham.ac.uk
Website:
www.library.nhs.uk/skin
The
NLH Skin Conditions Specialist Library is
a searchable internet database of electronic
information resources on skin conditions
and their treatment, catalogued by topic
and resource type. Although it is primarily
intended for NHS professionals, the Library
is also open to patients and anyone else
who wants to learn more about the subjects
covered.
Physical
Disabilities
NHS
Executive
5W20
Quarry House
Quarry
Hill
Leeds
LS2 7UE
Tel:
0113 254 5190
Fax:
0113 254 5306
Skinship
( UK )
Plascow
Cottage
Kirkgunzeon
Dumfries
DG2 8JT
Reg.
Charity No. 1047108
Helpline
tel no: 01387 760567
Website:
www.ukselfhelp.info/skinship
Skinship
( UK ) operates a strictly confidential,
general dermatology helpline during normal
office hours, Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm,
with an answerphone at all other times.
We aim to offer information and/or support
to anyone who has any kind of skin problem,
including all types of skin cancer. We are
stakeholders with the National Institute
of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the field
of skin cancers and are members of the Telephone
Helplines Association.
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